First Generation  

1. William Dare, son of Dare, was born about 1605 in Uplyme, Devon, England, died 17 Dec 1667 in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England ¹ about age 62, and was buried 18 Dec 1667 in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England.²

Notes: Lyme Regis Document (transcribed exactly as written):
COOMBE STREET - 12 Aug 1654:
William Dare and George Wakeley of Lyme Regis, mariners.
Recites that 1 has leased property to William Dare and George Wakeley.
Daniell Follett and John Wesley confirm the transaction.
Property: William Dare: messuage in Coombe Street, Lyme Regis.
George Wakeley: messuage on the north side of Coombe Street Lyme Regis, adjoining the messuage in the tenure of William Dare.
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Will of William Dare (b 1605):

November 16, 1667.
"unto Gertrude my daughter in law the house she now lives in during her life lying in Lyme .....aforesaid. And after she dies I give the same unto William Dare her son and to his heirs forever."
(In her will, Gertrude left "one shillen to my son William Dare")

"Also I give and bequeath unto Nicholas Dare my son all that message and . .. which I of late purchased of and from Thomas Dare and John Tamon lying within the fith of S. Lyme in the county of Devon called by the name Youall and all my estate and house and term therein -"

We believe we have located the estate - still called Yawl Farm - in Uplyme, a few kilometers inland from Lyme Regis. An old mill is also located nearby, which we believe was once run by the Dare family. The mill in Lyme Regis proper was definitely run by various Dare family members before this William Dare, according to court documents we have recovered. Of course a number of Dares were also elected Mayors of Lyme Regis. ( See Dare Family Timeline)

(Lyme Bay is an area of the English Channel situated in the southwest of England between Torbay in the west and Portland in the east. The counties of Devon and Dorset front on the bay.)
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On a Sept. 7, before 1649: Prince Charles (1630-1685) (son of Charles I ? 1600 -1649) contracted with Captain Robert Dare, of Lyme, for t he hire of the Constant Warwick. (From State papers at the Public Record Office in London. This was one of the William Dare's wife's name.)

Events

• Probate: 11 Jun 1668. ³ , , Lyme Regis, County of Dorset, England

• Will: 16 Nov 1667. ³ , , Lyme Regis, County of Dorset, England

William married about 1625.

Children:

+ 2 M    i. Nicholas Dare was born 5 Oct 1626 in , , Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, died between 17 Nov and 17 Dec 1667 in , , Lyme Regis, Dorset, England,¹ and was buried on an unknown date in , , Lyme Regis, Dorset, ENG.

+ 3 M    ii. William Dare, Jr. was born about 1629 in , , Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, died before 17 Nov 1667 in , , Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, and was buried on an unknown date in , , Lyme Regis, Dorset, ENG.